By FREDERICK F. FORBES. Editorial Correspondence, THE NEW YORK TIMES ();

September 27, 1931,

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.--At the risk of being scoffed at as an incorrigible optimist, San Francisco persists in finding hopeful signs in the business situation. Various indices used by experts to determine the direction of the commercial wind have indicated that a more cheerful, ...

September 27, 1931

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